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We had an epic calm across biscay, and on this boat the boards are one piece so no. The old boat had a massive hatch though and I often kept the lower board locked in.
Lying a- hull in a storm
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MonniotC
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In everyday use by fishermen on Discworld, I'm told.
coopec
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Yes, I thought about that, too!
You'd have to have emergency finger access to the latch . Maybe a nylon screw in access hole with a coin slot. (There must be stacks of alternatives).
Maybe one of these?
I bought one of these on eBay yesterday
dialdan
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Poey50
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coopec
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What is that supposed to mean?
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38mess
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I once hove to in a gale in the Irish sea for 12ish hours, plenty of sea room to drift. Never thought of lying ahull, wouldn't that put your boat beam on to the waves? I'm assuming sailing boats the op is enquiring about. Occasionally a wave top pooped the cockpit, but the boat, a moody 27 stayed comfortable and dry.
Poey50
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I think I see the problem ... try this one .. Door Barrel Bolt, Stainless Steel Ring-Pull Spring Loaded Auto Sliding Latch 784958265635 | eBay
coopec
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Yeah, that looks fine
I have just put one of those on eBay "watch" in case my choice doesn't work out.
Thanks
Poey50
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As you can see I sent my purchase confirmation of the item rather than the link to the item itself. I've deleted my original post since it contains some personal information. Would you kindly delete your first response which repeats the original link? With thanks.
coopec
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No problem. When you delete a post it deletes it for everyone: it's as if you never posted it.
Poey50
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It's still quoted in your post #46.
coopec
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No it isn't
Poey50
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No it isn't
Curious - I can still see it and the link is working. I'll alert the mods.
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It might be quicker to just edit the quote out of the post.
coopec
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Yet it didn't matter what I did I couldn't get it to work??
(Actually what I left was just the link to eBay UK -nothing more)
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Poey50
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Thank you. Looks like eBay protected my personal information (good to know) so only I could see it.Yet it didn't matter what I did I couldn't get it to work??
(Actually what I left was just the link to eBay UK -nothing more)
Poey50
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Having bluewater sailing in mind with a relatively modest sized boat, I've read everything I can on the subject. In my view, nothing comes close to the analysis and solutions offered by Attainable Adventure Cruising (Morgan's Cloud). To respect their business model (it has a paywall) I won't quote but will paraphrase. One section nails the myth of 'rogue waves' and provides data and analysis of the likelihood of a wave large enough to roll a boat lying a-hull. Spoiler alert - if you read it, you won't do it in anything over a Force 7.
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Spirit (of Glenans)
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Gusts may make it round up somewhat, but at a certain point the sail will luff and lose drive, and then the bow will fall away, back onto the same course. To tack a boat requires speed, to bring it past that point under its own momentum, whereupon the windage in the ( sometimes deliberately backed) foresail will push the bow over onto the new tack. In the past I have found it difficult to tack successfully under mainsail only.Wouldn't this want to make the boat tack ? To me it looks as though the rudder should be reversed
When I was a keelboat instructor, the engineless boats we used were always sailed off their moorings, and it was best practice to hoist both sails before dropping the mooring, so as to provide maximum manouverability in a crowded mooring field.
dialdan
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Thanks for your explanation seems to make sense . I always thought fore-reaching was a safer option because you are still moving forward and have some steering control.
